Three thousand illegal refugees have been returned to their countries, of which more than 1,000 are Afghan refugees. The Turkish Immigration Department said.

Seventeen Afghan citizens on Wednesday arrived in Kabul after being deported from Germany, an official said. Hafiz Ahmad Miakhel, spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), told Pajhwok Afghan News the deportees -- all youth -- arrived at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in the morning. The German government has been ...